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Quotes About Equality

Anne burst out, "You know, I think I'd like to paint you." Michael said, "Oh, I say now, that would be lovely! He's so utterly Negro.
~ Langston Hughes
My boss is white," said Simple. "Most bosses are," I said.
~ Langston Hughes
But, to my mind, it is the duty of the younger Negro artist, if he accepts any duties at all from outsiders, to change through the force of his art that old whispering "I want to be white," hidden in the aspirations of his people, to "Why should I want to be white? I am a Negro—and beautiful"?
~ Langston Hughes
I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong. Tomorrow, I'll be at the table When company comes. Nobody'll dare Say to me, "Eat in the kitchen," Then. Besides, They'll see how beautiful I am And be ashamed-- I, too, am America.
~ Langston Hughes
I swear to the Lord,I still can't see,Why Democracy means,Everybody but me.
~ Langston Hughes
affirmative action's weakness and vulnerability cooperate with, and perhaps unintentionally legitimate, a meritocracy that privileges test scores over other indicators of student potential in the first place.
~ Lani Guinier
At a minimum if we can just have enough distribution of clout in society so it isn't run by a tiny minority, then at the very least it gives us some room to breathe.
~ lanier jaron
Women are raised to feel guilty if they don't do everything they should do. Men are more likely to feel guilty if they do something they shouldn't.
~ lanoil georgia
The Way of Heaven has no favorites.It is always with the good man.
~ Lao Tzu
The playing field is more sacred than the stock exchange, more blessed than Capital Hill or the vaults of Fort Knox. The diamond and the gridiron -- and, to a lesser degree, the court, the rink, the track, and the ring -- embody the American dream of Eden.
~ lapham lewis h ii
And I think women have come a very, very long way, but they have a long way to go.
~ Lara Flynn Boyle
Horseman. I know you were born back when women were thought of as little more than brood mares and slaves, but it's the twenty-first century, and we can do anything a man does.
~ Larissa Ione
The fact is men can't handle it. They can't take the heat when it gets ugly. Women, on the other hand, band together in the face of pain. They get strong. And then they get even.
~ Larry Brooks
We know You love us. We love You, too. I mean, six, seven thousand years from now . . . won't make no difference, will it? Everybody gonna be so mixed up by then that far in the future that they all gonna be the same color by then, ain't they?
~ Larry Brown
We're not gay!Not that there's anything wrong with that.
~ Larry Charles
all people with fair opportunities to attain their full health potential to the extent possible" (Braveman, 2006, p. 167).
~ Larry Cohen
approach takes a rising percentage of payments as income increases, whereas a regressive approach takes a falling percentage as income
~ Larry Cohen
Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper.
~ Larry Flynt
First Barbarian): whats the difference between a lord and a barbarian? (second Barbarian): As little as a week!
~ Larry Gonick
the True End of not only therapy but Maturity is to learn to live with the inescapable fact that 97% of all human beings are getting fucked and 97% of all faggots are, too.
~ Larry Kramer
It is a very peculiar feeling having to go out and seek support from the straight world for something gay.
~ Larry Kramer
We're living through war, but where they're living it's peacetime, and we're all in the same country.
~ Larry Kramer
Oh, that's a tiresome subject! Heterosexual comparison! Why do all faggots dredge that one up? Straights don't compare themselves to us! We're all the same anyway. We've just got an added dose of the clap.
~ Larry Kramer
The strong women told the faggots that the more you share, the less you need.
~ Larry Mitchell